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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
1. Which of the following was not a feature created in North America 10,000 years ago when the glaciers retreated?
a. The Great Lakes
b. The Great Salt Lake
c. A mineral-rich desert
d. The Grand Canyon
ANSWER: d
2. Early in geologic history, Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and the Americas all originally formed which of the
following?
a. The Canadian Shield
b. Half of the world's dry land
c. A single supercontinent
d. The entirety of the sea floor
ANSWER: c
3. What is the Canadian Shield?
a. The first part of the landmass that became North America to emerge from the sea
b. The first mountains to divide Canada from the United States
c. A series of forts constructed by the French to keep English troops out
d. A series of policies enacted by France to keep the Spanish out of Canada
ANSWER: a
4. Of the estimated 54 million inhabitants of the Americas, where did 20 million live?
a. Peru
b. The Ohio River Valley
c. Mexico
d. California
ANSWER: c
5. What can be attributed to the size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America?
a. Spanish influences
b. Their hunting and gathering way of life
c. The development of agriculture
d. Influences brought by early settlers from Siberia
ANSWER: c
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
6. Which of the following is not true of the Inca, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations?
a. They had advanced agricultural practices based primarily on the cultivation of maize.
b. They lacked the technology of the wheel.
c. They had the use of large draft animals such as horses and oxen.
d. They built elaborate cities and carried on far-flung commerce.
ANSWER: c
7. What two regions were connected by the frozen Bering Sea?
a. North America and South America
b. North America and Europe
c. Siberia and Alaska
d. South America and Africa
ANSWER: c
8. Of the following, what was a factor in the growth of the Aztec, Inca and Mayan urban centers?
a. Mastery of metalwork
b. Advanced agricultural techniques
c. Extensive use of the wheel
d. Advanced seagoing capabilities
ANSWER: b
9. Around what year did the North American Mound Builders and Anasazis decline?
a. 1300 C.E.
b. 1000 C.E.
c. 100 C.E.
d. 100 B.C.E.
ANSWER: a
10. In what general area did the Mound Builders flourish?
a. The Pacific Northwest
b. The St. Lawrence River
c. The Ohio and Mississippi River valleys
d. The Rocky Mountains
ANSWER: c
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
11. What was the crop that became the staple of life in Mexico and South America?
a. Wheat
b. Potatoes
c. Tobacco
d. Corn
ANSWER: d
12. Why was the Haudenosaunee League able to menace its Native American and European neighbors?
a. Its military alliances, sustained by political and organizational skills
b. The Haudenosaunee warriors' skill with the Europeans' muskets
c. The scattered nature of the Haudenosaunee settlements, which made it difficult for their enemies to defeat
them
d. Its use of new weapons
ANSWER: a
13. Which of the following was not a task performed by men in the more settled agricultural groups in North America?
a. Hunting
b. Gathering fuel
c. Tending crops
d. Clearing fields for planting
ANSWER: c
14. What did the Mound Builders of Cahokia have in common with the Aztecs?
a. A propensity for human sacrifice
b. Large urban centers
c. Conflict with the Spaniards
d. Steel weapons
ANSWER: b
15. Why did Europeans want to discover a new, shorter route to eastern Asia?
a. To break the hold that Muslim merchants had on trade with Asia
b. To increase the going price of goods from Asia
c. To generate higher profits for Asian trading partners
d. To overcome the limitations of oar-propelled war galleys
ANSWER: a
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
16. In the last half of the sixteenth century, into which role did Portugal and Spain force some 40,000 enslaved Africans?
a. To work on plantations in Africa
b. To establish plantations in North America
c. To establish plantations in South America
d. To work on plantations on the Atlantic sugar islands
ANSWER: d
17. Why did Spain look westward in its efforts to reach the Indies?
a. Portugal controlled the African coast.
b. The pope granted Spain the right to sail this route.
c. Muslims blocked the sea route.
d. The Moors had convinced them to do so.
ANSWER: a
18. Which ship did the Portuguese introduce around 1450 that facilitated long-distance trade and exploration?
a. The cog
b. The longship
c. The caravel
d. The carrack
ANSWER: c
19. Which factor prevented Portuguese mariners from sailing back from India along the western coast of Africa?
a. Northerly winds
b. Hostile African peoples
c. Ottoman warships
d. Southerly winds
ANSWER: a
20. Which group was responsible for the trading of enslaved people in Africa long before the Europeans had arrived?
a. The Portuguese and Spanish
b. The English and Scandinavians
c. The Incas and Aztecs
d. The Arabs and Africans
ANSWER: d
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
21. Before Columbus's first voyage to the New World, where did most of Europe's gold come from?
a. Eastern Europe
b. Africa
c. Western Europe
d. The British Isles
ANSWER: b
22. Which country first desired large numbers of enslaved people for its sugar plantations, even before crossing the
Atlantic to the New World?
a. Portugal
b. Spain
c. England
d. France
ANSWER: a
23. Who were the Muslim foes defeated by Ferdinand and Isabella in Spain before they sponsored Columbus's first
voyage?
a. Tauregs
b. Moors
c. Egyptians
d. Syrians
ANSWER: b
24. What helped spread scientific knowledge throughout Europe?
a. The printing press
b. Illuminated manuscripts
c. An efficient international mail system
d. Spies and espionage
ANSWER: a
25. What does the term "Columbian Exchange" describe?
a. The exporting of precious metals from the New World and the importing of enslaved Africans to the New
World
b. The gifts Columbus brought to and received from Native Americans
c. The trade in Native American furs for European horses and other goods
d. The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
ANSWER: d
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
26. Which of the following New World plants revolutionized the international economy?
a. Maize
b. Wheat
c. Oats
d. Apples
ANSWER: a
27. In the Columbian Exchange, which disease spread from the New World to Europe?
a. Smallpox
b. Measles
c. Syphilis
d. Malaria
ANSWER: c
28. In the Columbian Exchange, which of the following crops spread from the New World to Europe?
a. Wheat
b. Rye
c. Potatoes
d. Oats
ANSWER: c
29. Which crop, imported to the New World by Columbus, was central to the beginning of trading enslaved people?
a. Pineapples
b. Oranges
c. Corn
d. Sugar
ANSWER: d
30. What is the term for Latin Americans of mixed European and Native ancestry?
a. Mestizos
b. Criollos
c. Indios
d. Nativos
ANSWER: a
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31. Which city was rebuilt into the capital of New Spain?
a. Chichen Itza
b. Cuzco
c. Tenochtitlán
d. Guatemala
ANSWER: c
32. What was the name of Hernán Cortés's interpreter with the Aztec empire?
a. Isabel
b. Malinche
c. Catalina
d. Martina
ANSWER: b
33. Which empire was ruled by Moctezuma?
a. Mayan
b. Aztec
c. Inca
d. Anasazi
ANSWER: b
34. What did the institution of encomienda provide for?
a. Indigenous peoples to enslave members of other Indigenous nations
b. Europeans to marry Indigenous peoples
c. European governments to "commend" or give Indigenous peoples to colonists who promised to Christianize
them
d. Europeans to establish an economy based on capitalism
ANSWER: c
35. In the Treaty of Tordesillas, which of the following nations was given the majority of the "heathen land" in the
Americas?
a. England
b. Spain
c. France
d. Portugal
ANSWER: b
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36. Which of the following metals being brought from the New World by Spain kicked off a price revolution in Europe?
a. Copper
b. Gold
c. Jade
d. Silver
ANSWER: d
37. Which of the following two countries became the silver-producing centers of the Spanish empire?
a. Mexico and Guatemala
b. Honduras and El Salvador
c. Venezuela and Brazil
d. Peru and Mexico
ANSWER: d
38. Which of the following became a Spanish province in North America after the Battle of Acoma in 1599?
a. Tejas
b. Florida
c. New Mexico
d. California
ANSWER: c
39. Which of the following is not true of the Pueblo Revolt in 1680?
a. The Pueblo people rebelled when Spanish missionaries sought to suppress Native religious customs.
b. Puebloans destroyed every Catholic church in the province of New Mexico.
c. The revolt by the Pueblo people was successfully halted by the Spanish.
d. Spanish priests and settlers were killed in the conflict.
ANSWER: c
40. Which of the following terms refers to the embellished story, used to discredit Spain and spread by its enemies, that
describes the brutal treatment of Indigenous peoples at the hands of conquistadores?
a. Dark Myth
b. European Legend
c. Black Legend
d. Spanish Myth
ANSWER: c
41. How did the Ice Age affect migration across the Bering Land Bridge to the Americas?
ANSWER:
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
1. Which of the following was not a feature created in North America 10,000 years ago when the glaciers retreated?
a. The Great Lakes
b. The Great Salt Lake
c. A mineral-rich desert
d. The Grand Canyon
ANSWER: d
2. Early in geologic history, Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and the Americas all originally formed which of the
following?
a. The Canadian Shield
b. Half of the world's dry land
c. A single supercontinent
d. The entirety of the sea floor
ANSWER: c
3. What is the Canadian Shield?
a. The first part of the landmass that became North America to emerge from the sea
b. The first mountains to divide Canada from the United States
c. A series of forts constructed by the French to keep English troops out
d. A series of policies enacted by France to keep the Spanish out of Canada
ANSWER: a
4. Of the estimated 54 million inhabitants of the Americas, where did 20 million live?
a. Peru
b. The Ohio River Valley
c. Mexico
d. California
ANSWER: c
5. What can be attributed to the size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America?
a. Spanish influences
b. Their hunting and gathering way of life
c. The development of agriculture
d. Influences brought by early settlers from Siberia
ANSWER: c
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
6. Which of the following is not true of the Inca, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations?
a. They had advanced agricultural practices based primarily on the cultivation of maize.
b. They lacked the technology of the wheel.
c. They had the use of large draft animals such as horses and oxen.
d. They built elaborate cities and carried on far-flung commerce.
ANSWER: c
7. What two regions were connected by the frozen Bering Sea?
a. North America and South America
b. North America and Europe
c. Siberia and Alaska
d. South America and Africa
ANSWER: c
8. Of the following, what was a factor in the growth of the Aztec, Inca and Mayan urban centers?
a. Mastery of metalwork
b. Advanced agricultural techniques
c. Extensive use of the wheel
d. Advanced seagoing capabilities
ANSWER: b
9. Around what year did the North American Mound Builders and Anasazis decline?
a. 1300 C.E.
b. 1000 C.E.
c. 100 C.E.
d. 100 B.C.E.
ANSWER: a
10. In what general area did the Mound Builders flourish?
a. The Pacific Northwest
b. The St. Lawrence River
c. The Ohio and Mississippi River valleys
d. The Rocky Mountains
ANSWER: c
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
11. What was the crop that became the staple of life in Mexico and South America?
a. Wheat
b. Potatoes
c. Tobacco
d. Corn
ANSWER: d
12. Why was the Haudenosaunee League able to menace its Native American and European neighbors?
a. Its military alliances, sustained by political and organizational skills
b. The Haudenosaunee warriors' skill with the Europeans' muskets
c. The scattered nature of the Haudenosaunee settlements, which made it difficult for their enemies to defeat
them
d. Its use of new weapons
ANSWER: a
13. Which of the following was not a task performed by men in the more settled agricultural groups in North America?
a. Hunting
b. Gathering fuel
c. Tending crops
d. Clearing fields for planting
ANSWER: c
14. What did the Mound Builders of Cahokia have in common with the Aztecs?
a. A propensity for human sacrifice
b. Large urban centers
c. Conflict with the Spaniards
d. Steel weapons
ANSWER: b
15. Why did Europeans want to discover a new, shorter route to eastern Asia?
a. To break the hold that Muslim merchants had on trade with Asia
b. To increase the going price of goods from Asia
c. To generate higher profits for Asian trading partners
d. To overcome the limitations of oar-propelled war galleys
ANSWER: a
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
16. In the last half of the sixteenth century, into which role did Portugal and Spain force some 40,000 enslaved Africans?
a. To work on plantations in Africa
b. To establish plantations in North America
c. To establish plantations in South America
d. To work on plantations on the Atlantic sugar islands
ANSWER: d
17. Why did Spain look westward in its efforts to reach the Indies?
a. Portugal controlled the African coast.
b. The pope granted Spain the right to sail this route.
c. Muslims blocked the sea route.
d. The Moors had convinced them to do so.
ANSWER: a
18. Which ship did the Portuguese introduce around 1450 that facilitated long-distance trade and exploration?
a. The cog
b. The longship
c. The caravel
d. The carrack
ANSWER: c
19. Which factor prevented Portuguese mariners from sailing back from India along the western coast of Africa?
a. Northerly winds
b. Hostile African peoples
c. Ottoman warships
d. Southerly winds
ANSWER: a
20. Which group was responsible for the trading of enslaved people in Africa long before the Europeans had arrived?
a. The Portuguese and Spanish
b. The English and Scandinavians
c. The Incas and Aztecs
d. The Arabs and Africans
ANSWER: d
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21. Before Columbus's first voyage to the New World, where did most of Europe's gold come from?
a. Eastern Europe
b. Africa
c. Western Europe
d. The British Isles
ANSWER: b
22. Which country first desired large numbers of enslaved people for its sugar plantations, even before crossing the
Atlantic to the New World?
a. Portugal
b. Spain
c. England
d. France
ANSWER: a
23. Who were the Muslim foes defeated by Ferdinand and Isabella in Spain before they sponsored Columbus's first
voyage?
a. Tauregs
b. Moors
c. Egyptians
d. Syrians
ANSWER: b
24. What helped spread scientific knowledge throughout Europe?
a. The printing press
b. Illuminated manuscripts
c. An efficient international mail system
d. Spies and espionage
ANSWER: a
25. What does the term "Columbian Exchange" describe?
a. The exporting of precious metals from the New World and the importing of enslaved Africans to the New
World
b. The gifts Columbus brought to and received from Native Americans
c. The trade in Native American furs for European horses and other goods
d. The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
ANSWER: d
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26. Which of the following New World plants revolutionized the international economy?
a. Maize
b. Wheat
c. Oats
d. Apples
ANSWER: a
27. In the Columbian Exchange, which disease spread from the New World to Europe?
a. Smallpox
b. Measles
c. Syphilis
d. Malaria
ANSWER: c
28. In the Columbian Exchange, which of the following crops spread from the New World to Europe?
a. Wheat
b. Rye
c. Potatoes
d. Oats
ANSWER: c
29. Which crop, imported to the New World by Columbus, was central to the beginning of trading enslaved people?
a. Pineapples
b. Oranges
c. Corn
d. Sugar
ANSWER: d
30. What is the term for Latin Americans of mixed European and Native ancestry?
a. Mestizos
b. Criollos
c. Indios
d. Nativos
ANSWER: a
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
31. Which city was rebuilt into the capital of New Spain?
a. Chichen Itza
b. Cuzco
c. Tenochtitlán
d. Guatemala
ANSWER: c
32. What was the name of Hernán Cortés's interpreter with the Aztec empire?
a. Isabel
b. Malinche
c. Catalina
d. Martina
ANSWER: b
33. Which empire was ruled by Moctezuma?
a. Mayan
b. Aztec
c. Inca
d. Anasazi
ANSWER: b
34. What did the institution of encomienda provide for?
a. Indigenous peoples to enslave members of other Indigenous nations
b. Europeans to marry Indigenous peoples
c. European governments to "commend" or give Indigenous peoples to colonists who promised to Christianize
them
d. Europeans to establish an economy based on capitalism
ANSWER: c
35. In the Treaty of Tordesillas, which of the following nations was given the majority of the "heathen land" in the
Americas?
a. England
b. Spain
c. France
d. Portugal
ANSWER: b
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Ch 01: New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE–1680 CE
36. Which of the following metals being brought from the New World by Spain kicked off a price revolution in Europe?
a. Copper
b. Gold
c. Jade
d. Silver
ANSWER: d
37. Which of the following two countries became the silver-producing centers of the Spanish empire?
a. Mexico and Guatemala
b. Honduras and El Salvador
c. Venezuela and Brazil
d. Peru and Mexico
ANSWER: d
38. Which of the following became a Spanish province in North America after the Battle of Acoma in 1599?
a. Tejas
b. Florida
c. New Mexico
d. California
ANSWER: c
39. Which of the following is not true of the Pueblo Revolt in 1680?
a. The Pueblo people rebelled when Spanish missionaries sought to suppress Native religious customs.
b. Puebloans destroyed every Catholic church in the province of New Mexico.
c. The revolt by the Pueblo people was successfully halted by the Spanish.
d. Spanish priests and settlers were killed in the conflict.
ANSWER: c
40. Which of the following terms refers to the embellished story, used to discredit Spain and spread by its enemies, that
describes the brutal treatment of Indigenous peoples at the hands of conquistadores?
a. Dark Myth
b. European Legend
c. Black Legend
d. Spanish Myth
ANSWER: c
41. How did the Ice Age affect migration across the Bering Land Bridge to the Americas?
ANSWER:
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